“We’ve also experienced Scott Brown,” Walsh said at a breakfast meting with the Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic National Convention. “We’ve got to say a few good things about him: He handsome, right? He’s still got the coat. He’s still got the truck. He’s a regular guy. I mean, he spent a couple million dollars folding towels on TV to prove he’s an honorary girl. We appreciate that.”

Walsh issued an apology about six hours later.

“In the excitement of getting the convention under way and getting the message out about how important it is to re-elect President Obama and elect Elizabeth Warren, I made a statement about Scott Brown that I regret,” party Chairman John Walsh said in a statement. “I apologize for that remark.”

Brown ran an advertisement that featured his wife, former WCVB-TV reporter Gail Huff.

Huff said in the ad that she had to wake up early for work and that Brown took care of getting their daughters ready for school. The ad shows Brown doing household chores, including folding laundry.